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package groovy.lang;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Used to exclude an indirectly referenced artifact (a transitive dependency) from the classpath.
 * <p>
 * Examples:<br>
 * {@code @GrabExclude(group='mysql', module='mysql-connector-java') // group/module form}<br>
 * {@code @GrabExclude('mysql:mysql-connector-java') // compact form}<br>
 * <p>
 * Further information about customising grape behavior can be found on the Grape documentation page:
 * <a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/Grape">http://groovy.codehaus.org/Grape</a>.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({
        ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
        ElementType.FIELD,
        ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE,
        ElementType.METHOD,
        ElementType.PARAMETER,
        ElementType.TYPE})
public @interface GrabExclude {

    /**
     * The organisation or group, e.g.: "org.apache.ant"; required unless the compact form is used.
     */
    String group() default "";

    /**
     * The module or artifact, e.g.: "ant-junit"; required unless the compact form is used.
     */
    String module() default "";

    /**
     * Allows you to specify the group (organisation) and the module (artifact) in one of two compact convenience formats,
     * e.g.: <code>@GrabExclude('org.apache.ant:ant-junit')</code> or <code>@GrabExclude('org.apache.ant#ant-junit')</code>
     */
    String value() default "";
}